A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest round of talks. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, who is also ...

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DAMASCUS, Syria — The day after last month’s deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria’s capital, hundreds of ...

Al-Assad’s victims included protesters, activists, journalists, students, loyalists who fell out of favor and members of ...

The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to ...

Why journalism that refuses to simplify, refuses to look away from messy, contradictory realities remains essential to ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...

Syria's new leaders are hoping renewable energy will now become more than a patchwork solution. Investment is beginning to ...

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met in Damascus on Saturday with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, marking the ...